Katherine Johnson

Ph.D. (2002) University of California, Berkeley, Economic Geography, Political Theory,
American History

Deputy Advisor, New York City Mayor’s Office (1988-1992). Responsibilities included the
analysis and development of transportation policy with an emphasis public transit.
Investment Manager, General Electric Capital Corporation (1984-1988). Responsibilities
included the analysis and development of investment opportunities in transportation finance,
with an emphasis on aircraft.

State theory, Federalism, Urbanization, Transportation, Housing, and Land use policy

Johnson Katherine M. (2021) “The Longest Line on the Map” (book review). New
Mexico Historical Review, 96 (3). Fall 2021
Johnson, Katherine M. (2021) The American Road: Highways and American Political
Development, University of Kansas Press June 2021.
Johnson, Katherine M. (2016/2007). Greeley Indicators Report. Department of Community
Development, City of Greeley, Colorado.
Johnson, Katherine M. (2009) “Captain Blake versus the Highwaymen, or How San Francisco
Won the Freeway Revolt” Urban Planning History 8 (1), pp. 47-74.
Johnson, Katherine M., and Charles G. Schmidt (2009), “Room to Grow: Urban Ambitions and
the Limits to Growth in Weld County, Colorado,” Urban Affairs Review, 44 (4), pp: 525-553

Excellence in Social Science Research and Scholarly Activities, University of Northern Colorado
April 2007